In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’m re-releasing this post from 2012 highlighting one of my all-time favorite teaching moments; enjoy…  :) “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Since today is a national holiday, I [...]

A Friday ritual. A single photo — no words — capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. “This Moment” is a ritual found on Life inspired by the Wee Man adopted from SouleMama which was introduced to me by Sarah-Jane, of Samuel [...]

  “To see things in the seed, that is genius.” ~ Lao-tzu “He who teaches children learns more than they do.” ~ German Proverb One of the greatest things about being in my 50’s is that when somebody wants to tell me that my ‘crazy’ ideas about early childhood education won’t work, I can hold [...]

It’s 85 degrees and sunny — a perfect afternoon for playing ‘Statues’ on the lawn of the small-town city hall where today’s class is held.  As the Artist in Residence for Washington County Family Means youth programs, I teach art classes for kids 5-9 years old. To play ‘Statues’, someone swings you around by your [...]